Organisation: SEB VB Asset Management

SEB investicijų valdymas has been the first asset management company established in Lithuania in the year 2000. The Company provides investment management services to private individuals and corporate customers, financial institutions (insurance companies) and is engaged in administering of the 2nd and 3rd pillar pension funds. One of the largest investment companies with the greatest experience in Lithuania continuously increases customer assets managed by it. In 2004, assets under management by SEB investicijų valdymas grew by 115 per cent even, or from LTL 93.7 million to LTL 201.4 million. A professional team of SEB investicijų valdymas seeks to increase return on investment for customers and assures safety of funds for the entire investment period. Since the year 2003, SEB investicijų valdymas has been issued a licence to establish the 2nd pillar pension funds that currently manage assets of more than 156 thousand of Lithuanian citizens. At the close of the year 2004, SEB investicijų valdymas was the first in the market to offer voluntary accumulation of funds for retirement additionally with two voluntary pension funds. In the beginning of 2005, SEB investicijų valdymas became the leader of the voluntary pension funds accumulation in the market with its share of nearly 90 per cent of said market. Advantage of SEB investicijų valdymas is application of the best international practice in the Lithuanian market. In the process of service development and rendering the Company cooperates with major foreign banks and reliable providers of financial services, i.e., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) and its subsidiary company SEB Asset Management, Sweden, bank Julius Baer, Switzerland, bank RZB, Austria and Man Group PLC, the international financial services’ group. SEB investicijų valdymas employs professional staff, i.e., seven employees were issued the broker’s licences by the Securities Commission of the Republic of Lithuania, four of them are participating at the Chartered Financial Analyst Programme and one is the Financial Risk Manager certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals. SEB investicijų valdymas investment management and consulting services are available at each branch and sub-branch of SEB Bank.